Yemen’s Ansarullah leader has declared that reopening the port of Eilat (Umm al-Rashrash) is impossible, affirming Yemen’s firm stance and ongoing decision to enforce maritime sanctions against the Israeli occupation regime in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Arabian Sea.
In a televised speech on Thursday, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi emphasized that the recent events in the Red Sea serve as a clear warning to all shipping companies operating for the Israeli regime, stressing that any vessels affiliated with Israel will face decisive responses.
He was referring to the Yemeni navy’s strike on the vessel ETERNITY C bound for the port of Eilat in occupied Palestine after the crew repeatedly disregarded naval warnings.
Also, earlier this week, the Yemeni armed forces released footage of the boarding and sinking of the ship Magic Seas, whose owning company violated the Yemeni ban on Israel-bound vessels.
The Red Sea, which borders Yemen’s coast, is a critical waterway for oil and commodities, but Yemen’s armed forces have banned the entry of Israel-bound ships since November 2023 in solidarity with Gaza and after Israel began its campaign of genocide in Gaza.
Houthi touched on Israeli airstrikes on the Yemeni port of Hudaydah, saying they were conducted from outside Yemen’s airspace and praised the Yemeni air defense and missile forces for their successful response to Israeli aggression.
The Ansarullah leader said that Israel's violations and the support it receives from “the United States and the West will never affect our unwavering position in supporting Gaza."
Regarding the ongoing genocide in Gaza, he described the resistance fighters’ operations as a testament to steadfastness through effective tactics that have neutralized the enemy’s strategies.
As many as five Israeli forces were killed and 14 others wounded during a resistance operation targeting an Israeli infantry unit in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
“Despite all its military capabilities and near-total American support over these past 21 months, the enemy has failed,” he added.
Despite overwhelming US support to Israel over the past 21 months and significant vulnerabilities exacerbated by the indifference of some Muslim nations, the enemy has faced repeated setbacks, he added.
Houthi said the US backs the Zionists and even participates in their operations—all while claiming to stand at the forefront of human society.
This week, the Israeli regime “slaughtered starving pregnant women and their unborn children. What civilized world would stand by while hundreds of thousands of children starve for bread and milk becomes an impossible dream?" he asked.
Since the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) took over the limited aid deliveries in Gaza in late May, Israeli forces have regularly shot at Palestinians near distribution centers.
According to the Gaza Government Media Office, the Israeli forces have killed more than 580 people and wounded over 4,000 others near GHF centers.
Houthi said the Israeli regime persists in its campaign of forced displacement of Palestinians while systematically dismantling basic sanitation infrastructure.
“As documented by international observers and humanitarian organizations, these actions constitute a deliberate policy of starvation tactics and lethal traps - characteristic methods of genocide under international law.”
In February, US President Donald Trump said the US should "take over" Gaza and rebuild it as the "Riviera of the Middle East", after ethnically cleansing the population outside of the besieged territory.
Netanyahu said he is “committed” to Trump’s controversial proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and displace its Palestinian residents.
Rights groups and Palestinian officials have condemned such forced displacement orders as collective punishment and part of Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.
Virtually 90% of the population of the Gaza Strip has been displaced at least once since October 2023, when Israel launched its aggression against Gaza.
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